This is Chris at my mother's house in Sterling Heights. I'm getting totally reemed out and b**ched out by everyone in the house..however, here's my quick thoughts on Ubly, who has ascended to the spot as the eighth best offensive team in the history of the MHSAA with their 47-8, whichg gave them 616 for the season. The way this offense has been scoring, they theroretically could finish in the top 6, maybe even in the top 3 or 4. That's how good they are...just think if they would have played full games.As for the game, Ubly stalled on their first offensive possession, but their defense answered in a big way. Eric LaBuhn was a beast today, Sweney called it his best defensive game of the season. I'll take it a step further and say, maybe his career.
As a sports guy, you may ask how do you judge that. I saw the aggression he played with and the penetration he got. Ubly had excellent outside containment today and LaBuhn was in on a boatload of tackles, something we notice when he starts showing up in a lot of frames.
Offensively, Kaufman was slowed in the run game, but threw for a couple of TD strikes, while returning a kickoff over 80 yards to ice the game.
Steven Weber stepped up as both a receiver (getting his second TD catch of the season) and as a defender, as coach Sweneey has challenged him to step up in recent weeks. Alex Peruski, the 135 pound back, was stellar with a pair of scores and the quote of the night. In a nutshell, he said he'd be happy to get no carries a game if it meant the team was going to win. That sums the type of men (not kids, not players, but men), that make up this team.
We'll hvae tons of stuff up this week, as we prepare for the finals. We have a "Look Back..." section on Wed., Dec. 3 which will take you through a look at the entire season, from the opener against USA to the final against TCSF. We'll have some unique fetaures, great photos, stats, and everythign you could hope for.
We'll have audio up from interviews late tonight/early tomorrow, when everyone goes to sleep. Until then, enjoy the photos.
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Great Photos!! Can't wait to see the articles in the paper!
Great Game UBLY!!! Bring home the final piece of hardware!!
I heard Reading had great uniforms. Too bad that uniforms don't win football games!
Nice uniforms?....those were the ugliest color combinations I've seen in a long time....
Thank you for all of the great pictures. Congratulations to the Ubly Bearcats! The band looked great, the cheerleaders did a great job, the fans were awsome and the team....FANTASTIC! You are a wonderful bunch of young men and your parents, school and community are very proud of you.
Thank you County Press for bringing the news home.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Ubly gets complimented in many offensive and defensive aspects of their game, but the greatness of their pass defense is often neglected. I have only been to two Ubly games, Deckerville and Reading, but in each game I was impressed with Ubly's pass defense. Whereas lot of teams at this level will defend by tackling the receiver after the catch, Ubly has the speed and talent (and coaching)to aggressively go after the ball to knock it away, prevent the reception, and sometimes get an interception. And their pass rush, especially against Reading, was tremendous. Several times Reading, after being stuffed with the run, tried to get their passing game going only to have great defensive plays break up their passes and, thereby, prevent Reading from gaining any momentum. Pretty fantastic all-around game for Ubly.
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